Elena Ferrante

[annabel]

Does anyone want to chat about the Neapolitan series or any of her other books? I thought that the end of The Story of the Lost Child felt very rushed and anti-climactic. Not that I wanted this series to have MORE books; about halfway through the third one (I had thought it was a trilogy) when I realized it wasn't going to wrap up I had this sinking feeling "what if there are going to be three or four or MORE of these books?" No matter how beautiful her prose, I don't think I could have read much more about these people. But I am still sort of dissatisfied. Anyone else?

[Sita]

I'm currently reading The Days of Abandonment (my first Ferrante book). I'm loving the prose, it's feels very...solid? I've read too many books recently that have been praised for having a "lyrical language" but they're just flimsy, really. Personally I haven't been in a long relationship and I have never been betrayed or even in love. So I'm having a bit of trouble emotionally connection to her utter despair about her situation. Hopefully it'll get better when the book gets more into the history of their relationship.